Taxonomy

Animalia

Echinodermata

Asteroidea

Forcipulatida

Asteriidae

Pisaster

brevispinus

Giant Pink Star

Short-spined Starfish

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Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star in the northeast Pacific Ocean. It was first described to science by William Stimson in 1857. The type specimen was collected on a sandy bottom, 10 fathoms (18 m) deep, near the mouth of San Francisco Bay.

Pisaster brevispinus. Retrieved May, 08 2021, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisaster_brevispinus.